Review: Doosukeltha - Recycled formula
The film opens in a village Piccheswaram and revolves around two kids and their families. Chinni is part of a feudal family, but the patriarch Kota Srinivasa Rao doesn't accept her.
Chinna falls for Chinni and tries to help her through all possible means. The outcome of a competition brings ire to both the families and the kids are ostracized from the village.
Chinna grows into Venkateswara Rao (Manchu Vishnu) and Chinni into Alekhya (Lavanya Tripathi). They have a common goal and a common enemy. How their objectives unfold on screen, how they meet and how Alekhya gets back to her family forms rest of the story.
Manchu Vishnu has managed to score only two hits in his decade long career. The credit for unleashing his comic side unarguably goes to director Srinu Vytla. With Doosukeltha, Veeru Potla tries to take that imagery of Vishnu a few notches higher.
In this process, he slips into stereotypes and dishes out a bland platter that's devoid of imagination. Time and again, Vishnu has proved that he is not a master in cherry-picking scripts. His last outing Denikaina Ready was a rehashed Dhee, so is Doosukeltha.
Lavanya Tripathi, who is just one film old, is an imperfect spoke in the wheel. She fails to woo the audiences with her charm. A role that has ample scope gets marred due to her poor acting skills. Even in the love scenes she lacks the much needed emotional depth.
When you feel the ship is off course and may sink, you add a sub-plot to the narration and bring in the savior Brahmanandam. Here Brahmi makes his presence felt right from the first half, but the way they set the stage for his arrival makes it routine. Even his character's traits are not distinct from that of Money.
A true asset for the film is its main villain Pankaj Tripathi (of Gangs of Wasseypur fame). He conjures many emotions at ease and brings in the stoic yet menacing looks that are archetypal for an antagonist.
In Doosukeltha, director Veeru Potla didn't try anything different with respect to the story. He has attempted a beaten-to-death formula and overloaded it with hilarious characters. There's nothing to incite even the remotest corner of your cerebral garage and the film hovers on the comedy zone with many forceful gags.
News Posted: 20 October, 2013
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